Fire apparatus.



D. BOY'GB. A

PIRE APPARATUS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEroE- I' FIRE APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Application filed July l0, 1906. v Serial No'. 325,498.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL BoYoE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Camden, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FireApparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to r'ire apparatus; and the invention has for itsobject to provide a combined Jrire-escape and water-tower or'stand-pipe.

Another object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivefire apparatus that can be taken to the seat of a fire and used eitheras a water-tower or fire-escape, as the occasion may demand.

To this end I have devised a novel vehicle consisting of a body portionhaving a standpipe which is surrounded by a spiral stair-4 Way. Thespiral stairway is further supported by a p urality of standards whichsupport a plurality of platforms. The number of platforms and the heightof the apparatus entirely depend upon the character of the building andthe community in which it is located for the protection of saidbuilding. The platforms of the apparatus are provided with hinged platesadapted to be swung into engagement with the window-sills of a buildingwhen the apparatus is placed in position to be used as a fire-escape.

The detail construction of my improved apparatus will be hereinaftermore fully described in detail and then specifically pointed out in theappended claim.

Referring to the drawings forming part of i this specification, likenumerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, m which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedapparatus, lllustrating the same in position to be used as afire-escape. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the apparatus.Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of a portion of the apparatus, illustratingone of the hinged plates thereof.

My im roved apparatus consists of a suitable trucl 1, centrally of whichis mounted a vertically-disposed stand-pipe 2, the ends of saidstand-pipe being threaded, whereby sections of hose or nozzles can beconnected to the stand-pipe. Surrounding the stand-pipe is a spiralstairway 3, the outer edges of said stairway being supported and bracedby four vertically-disposed standards 4. The standards support platforms5, which are provided with hinged plates 6, adapted to be swungoutwardly to engage the window-sill 7 of a building 8. One of thestandards is provided with telephones 9, the wires 10 of which can beconnected to a telephone-circuit, (not shown,) whereby the telephonescan be used by firemen to transmit messages to the chief fireman incharge of the apparatus or to the headquarters of the fire-department.

I do not care to confine myself to the height of the apparatus or to thenumber of platforms used in connection with the same.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv

A fire apparatus embodying a truck, a vertically-disposed stand-pipecarried by said truck, spiral stairs surrounding said pipe, standards-supporting said stairs, platforms carried by said standards, and hingedlates carried by said platforms, substantia ly as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

DANIEL BoYoE.

Witnesses:

H. C. EVERT, MAX H. SRoLovrrz.

